{"id":323,"date":"2007-09-19T23:10:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theholtsite.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/19\/projects\/"},"modified":"2007-09-19T23:10:37","modified_gmt":"2007-09-20T04:10:37","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/323\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on several projects at home lately. I’m not much of a handyman, but when motivated can be resourceful. I’m also very organized and attentive to details (often to the point of obsessive compulsiveness). One time I remember going through my website code by hand and changing all the tags to upper case. Then years later I went back and changed it all back. That kind of thing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this week I first set up the server (aka Jill’s iMac) in her room where it used to be. I moved the cable modem and router to the closet and ran a long ethernet cable to her desk. The router is wireless but you don’t want to run a web server over it. It’s just not good practice. The older iMac is already a slow enough server as it is. This project gave me some more power outlets behind my desk (yay!), more desk real estate, and allows Jill to have a computer back on her desk where she likes it. Here’s my tidy closet work with Jill’s clothing rack next to it:<\/p>\n

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The next project I did was allowing Jill to hook up TV and watch it on her computer! We were seriously looking at this amazing device<\/a> that lets you watch anything you can on TV on your Mac. It’s so tiny too. You can also record and edit out commercials, etc. We have a TV, it’s just that I like downsizing whenever possible.<\/p>\n

Last night near midnight I realized that I could use a video converter my dad bought me a few years ago to hook up the VCR\/DVD player and convert the signal to firewire. I spend a few happy hours doing this today. The hitch wasn’t the hooking up cables, it was finding software that allowed me to view it on the computer. I found a piece of shareware that let me do this, and we can even record if we want to. Here’s a few pics of the cables involved and the end result:<\/p>\n

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Finally, this evening I worked on my amp lights and attaching them in a better way. I found some plastic things I was going to throw away (originally from my new desk for hanging folders) that fit the track lighting perfectly. I screwed them into my amp and it holds the lights in place. Now all I need are some large staples or something to hold the sides to the amp:<\/p>\n

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